Hi tpearson and all,
Checked the kgpe-d16 board status webpage ( https://raptorengineeringinc.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-status.php) and didn't find any place where crowdfunding was happening. Where is it? Why isn't it more public? Is it being crowdfunded?
I'm really interested in seeing a recent AMD board freed. I know a lot of people that would chip in/that would like to help and didn't quite got why there was no crowdfunding going on/why the code wasn't put upstream. I understand that you currently use this board on your internal cluster (so it is completely functional as a server), but didn't quite got why you didn't ask money for different part of the project while doing it?
If it is because you already worked on it and don't want to lose edge, I would love to know why putting it upstream would make you loose advantage? When are you planning on upstreaming your work if crowdfunding does not happen?
Thanks for all your participation on past liberated board :)
I'm still kinda new to libreboot/coreboot (troubleshooting/understanding coreboot/libreboot for problems found in asus kfsn4-dre regarding sata_nv and sis_fb) but understand the real need for newer boards to be freed to accelerate development and inclusion of amd boards to the point where researchers/developers will have alternative secure platforms to work from/on.
Cheers,
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Thierry Laurion